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COVID-19 has Revealed a World of Strong States and Global Enmity

Posted on April 20, 2020. Tags: Asia, Carl Schmitt, Chernobyl, China, coronavirus, COVID-19, Czech Republic, Donald Trump, European Union, Germany, Globalization, Hubei, Hungary, Liberalism, state of emergency, Trump, U.S., United States, WHO

“Viruses know no borders and they don’t care about your ethnicity, the colour of your skin or how much money you have in the bank.” The words of WHO official Dr Mike Ryan about Coronavirus (COVID-19) would seem to many of us common sense. What appears ‘common sense’ does not, however, always manifest in the […]

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Posted in Australia, China, Europe, European Union, Germany, Refugees, Security Issues, UN, US, World

Mediterranean Migration Reveals Flaws in Dublin Convention

Posted on February 21, 2015. Tags: Arab Spring, Asylum Seeker, boat, Brussels, consequences, Death, Dublin, Europe, Frontex, Hungary, Immigration, International Security, Iraq, Ireland, IS, ISIS, Italy, Middle East, Migration, navy, problem economy, Refugee, Sea, Syria, Terrorism, Threat, Triton, UN, UNHCR

John Donne famously reminded us that ‘no man is an island’. Likewise in today’s polycentric, ever-globalized, and interconnected world, no state can remain untouched by social, economic, or political influences from neighbouring states. As terrible as Islamic State has been for people living in Syria, Iraq and Libya, its effects on Europe are also increasingly being felt. […]

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Posted in Africa, Conflict, Economic Security, Europe, Germany, Humanitarian Intervention, Iraq, Islam, Middle East, Refugees, Security Issues, Syria, Terrorism, UN, World